Systems Architect - AWS EKS Platform

AM Parking is building an enterprise-grade, multi-tenant parking SaaS platform on AWS and is seeking a Systems Architect focused exclusively on platform and infrastructure. This role is responsible for designing, building, and operating the company's Amazon EKS (Kubernetes) environment and underlying AWS infrastructure., * Design and implement a production-grade AWS foundation (VPC, subnets, routing, NAT, security groups, IAM)

• Architect and operate Amazon EKS (no ECS) using best practices
• Configure node groups, autoscaling, cluster upgrades, and capacity planning
• Implement ingress (AWS Load Balancer Controller), TLS, and DNS management
• Design Kubernetes namespace isolation, RBAC, pod security standards, and IRSA
• Implement secrets management using AWS Secrets Manager / SSM integrated with Kubernetes
• Design and operate RDS PostgreSQL (multi-AZ, encrypted, backups, PITR)
• Architect S3 storage for application assets with lifecycle, encryption, and access controls
• Implement ElastiCache (Redis) for caching and background processing
• Build full Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform (preferred)
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for container build, security scanning, and EKS deployment
• Standardize Helm/Kustomize deployment patterns
• Define environment strategy (dev/stage/prod) with safe promotion and rollback
• Design least-privilege IAM and network security architecture
• Implement metrics, logs, and tracing (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)
• Define SLOs, alerts, and incident response runbooks Architect disaster recovery and backup strategies *, The above job description describes the primary duties and qualifications for this position. The company reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and other duties as necessary.

Do you have experience in Virtual Private Clouds?, * Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and system requirements

• Ability to write technical documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures
• Ability to effectively communicate complex infrastructure concepts to engineering and leadership teams

REASONING ABILITY:

• Ability to apply advanced technical expertise to design scalable, secure, and reliable systems Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure and performance issues across distributed systems Ability to interpret a variety of technical instructions in written, diagrammatic, or oral form, * Able to lift up to 15 pounds at time., * 8+ years in systems architecture, platform, or DevOps roles

• 3+ years running Kubernetes in production, preferably Amazon EKS

• Deep AWS expertise: VPC, IAM, EKS, RDS, S3, ElastiCache, Route 53, ALB, KMS

• Strong Terraform and CI/CD experience

• Strong networking and Linux fundamentals

• Proven experience operating production systems with uptime and security requirements

• Experience supporting Node.js / Express platforms (preferred)

• Experience with webhook-heavy systems (e.g., Stripe) (preferred)

• Experience with real-time ingestion or event-driven workloads (preferred)

• Experience migrating from serverless platforms to Kubernetes (preferred)

We are an EEO Company that provides a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package to all full-time regular Employees.